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• September 09, 2014 09 Sep'14

  EY seeks tech startups to address challenges of right to be forgotten

  Professional services firm Ernst & Young is looking for startups to find technology solutions to the ‘right to be forgotten’ regulation

• September 09, 2014 09 Sep'14

  CIO interview: Bryson Koehler, CIO of The Weather Company

  The Weather Company is a huge advocate for cloud-based technology, and everything it has built is cloud-enabled

• September 05, 2014 05 Sep'14

  'Bungled' Army 2020 IT recruitment contract loses £70m of savings

  Mismanaged IT contracts lead to further setbacks in Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Army recruitment drive

• September 05, 2014 05 Sep'14

  Camden Market launches social Wi-Fi system to track footfall

  Free Wi-Fi connectivity is available to shoppers in Camden Market in London, which also provides real-time data on users

• September 05, 2014 05 Sep'14

  Google to refund at least $19m for unauthorised in-app purchases

  Google is to refund at least $19m as part of a settlement agreement over unauthorised charges for in-app purchases

• September 04, 2014 04 Sep'14

  Home Office has "long way to go” to fix police IT and procurement

  Police IT is going to take a long time to fix, according to home secretary Theresa May

• September 04, 2014 04 Sep'14

  Ordnance Survey to release open data on green spaces

  The Ordnance Survey is to release information and statistics on green space in England and Wales as open data

• September 04, 2014 04 Sep'14

  NHS England informatics head wants more CCIOs

  NHS England director wants to see a chief clinical information officer in every NHS provider and clinical commissioning group

• September 03, 2014 03 Sep'14

  Prescribing digital videos could help NHS deal with chronic diseases

  Videos and digital interactions with patients are being prescribed as part of a pre-trial to see if they encourage patients with chronic diseases to better manage their conditions

• September 03, 2014 03 Sep'14

  HSCIC and MOJ first to procure on government managed email framework

  The Health & Social Care Information Commission and the Ministry of Justice to procure managed email using a new government framework

• September 02, 2014 02 Sep'14

  Natural Resources Wales takes to the cloud with Microsoft

  The Welsh envoronmental public body adopts Microsoft cloud functionalities including Office 365 and Azure

• September 01, 2014 01 Sep'14

  Applications open for government Digital and Technology Fast Stream

  Applications are open for the 2015 Civil Service Fast Stream, which offers digital graduates an opportunity to work in government

• September 01, 2014 01 Sep'14

  Suppliers discuss Emergency Services Network with Home Office

  Suppliers have attended an event held by the Home Office to discuss details of the new Emergency Services Network

• September 01, 2014 01 Sep'14

  Local government calls for a local GDS

  Local government needs a local version of the Government Digital Service (GDS) with dedicated in-house digital teams, says Socitm

• September 01, 2014 01 Sep'14

  Chinese MSN Messenger service ends in October 2014

  Microsoft will switch off Windows Live Messenger (WLM) for its last users in China at the end of October 2014

• August 29, 2014 29 Aug'14

  GDS launches research lab for testing digital services

  The Government Digital Service (GDS) has revealed a digital research lab to allow departments to test their online services

• August 29, 2014 29 Aug'14

  Tesco to reduce IT spend in a bid to cut costs

  Supermarket giant Tesco has announced that it will be cutting costs from its IT budget to save money

• August 29, 2014 29 Aug'14

  Ocado’s technology under fire, causing share price to fall

  Ocado’s IT has come under fire in a financial analyst's report that claims the market has over-valued the retailer's automation technology

• August 29, 2014 29 Aug'14

  Google reveals emergency relief-oriented drone project

  Google has revealed that it is developing autonomous drones for the delivery of goods that could be used for disaster relief

• August 28, 2014 28 Aug'14

  Government appoints former Credit Suisse CIO as deputy CTO

  The government has appointed former Credit Suisse CIO Magnus Falk as its new deputy chief technology officer (CTO)

• August 27, 2014 27 Aug'14

  Foreign Office spends £92,574 on social media training

  The FCO has spent £92,574 on social media training since 2010, according to a freedom of information request

• August 27, 2014 27 Aug'14

  Government sees 820,000 voters register online

  Over one million UK citizens have registered to vote over the last two months, with around 820,000 opting for a new online registration service

• August 26, 2014 26 Aug'14

  Land Registry automates document registration using Abbyy

  The Land Registry has been automating the way changes are made to its register which documents the ownership of land in England and Wales

• August 26, 2014 26 Aug'14

  The internet of things: Britain's next big opportunity

  Tech City's Gerard Grech talks about the IoT phenomenon and a startup competition that is intended to accelerate technologies

• August 26, 2014 26 Aug'14

  Amazon to acquire game streaming service Twitch

  Amazon has announced it has reached an agreement to acquire live video platform for gamers Twitch for $970m

• August 21, 2014 21 Aug'14

  Case study: Borough of Poole uses Huddle for child adoption meetings

  The Borough of Poole has been using Huddle to enable local government teams to collaborate securely on issues of child welfare

• August 20, 2014 20 Aug'14

  PayPal launches one-touch payment technology for mobile apps

  PayPal and Braintree have launched an open beta for developers to allow app makers to accept PayPal payments with one touch

• August 18, 2014 18 Aug'14

  Labour commits to GDS and says it wants to keep contractors

  The Labour party has said it will build on GDS's work and retain the team's staff if it wins the 2015 general election

• August 18, 2014 18 Aug'14

  CIO Interview: Hugh Fahy, CIO, Net-A-Porter

  “I like to emphasis the ‘I’ bit in CIO,” says Hugh Fahy, chief information officer of the Net-A-Porter Group

• August 18, 2014 18 Aug'14

  Consumers spending £1bn more online than last summer

  Online shoppers are spending £1bn more online than they did last summer, partly due to buying holidays on the web

• August 14, 2014 14 Aug'14

  Click and collect drives e-commerce growth for Asda

  Shoppers at Asda are continuing to choose to buy their groceries online and pick them up in-store

• August 14, 2014 14 Aug'14

  Privacy group calls for halt of EU-US Safe Harbour agreement

  A privacy group has called a halt to the EU-US Safe Harbour agreement pending an investigation of alleged violations by US firms

• August 14, 2014 14 Aug'14

  CIO interview: Dave Ubachs, CIO, Staples Europe

  Staples is undertaking major IT projects in Europe that will see e-commerce improvements and back-end consolidation in 16 countries

• August 14, 2014 14 Aug'14

  Amazon launches credit card reader for small businesses

  Amazon has launched a card reader and mobile app for small businesses

• August 13, 2014 13 Aug'14

  Company Magazine ditches print to go online only

  The womens’ monthly publication Company Magazine has announced it will become a standalone digital brand from October

• August 13, 2014 13 Aug'14

  M&S deploys Microsoft Azure cloud to run festive ad campaigns

  Azure powered M&S's multi-million pound Christmas campaign Magic & Sparkle starring Helena Bonham-Carter and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

• August 12, 2014 12 Aug'14

  House of Fraser rolls out beacon-enabled mannequins in Aberdeen

  House of Fraser is rolling out beacon-enabled mannequins that will allow the store to engage directly with shoppers or passers-by

• August 12, 2014 12 Aug'14

  Android banking apps susceptible to hacking

  A vulnerability in Android applications built on the Apache Cordova platform has sparked new fears over mobile banking

• August 12, 2014 12 Aug'14

  60% of GDS staff contracts to expire within 12 months of general election

  Almost 60% of employees at the Government Digital Service (GDS) could be gone within 12 months of next year’s general election

• August 11, 2014 11 Aug'14

  USB-connected devices present cyber vulnerabilities

  Connecting devices to computers using a USB port could lead to security breaches, say Berlin-based researchers

• August 11, 2014 11 Aug'14

  Nationwide and Santander to take part in FinTech Innovation Lab 2015

  Nationwide and Santander will be supporting next year’s FinTech Innovation Lab in London, which is now open to receive applications

• August 08, 2014 08 Aug'14

  Joanna Shields becomes a peer

  Former Tech City CEO and the prime minister’s adviser on the digital economy, Joanna Shields, has been awarded a life peerage

• August 08, 2014 08 Aug'14

  Why John Linwood is not to blame for BBC’s failed technology project

  Former BBC CTO has won his case for unfair dismissal over the failed £100m DMI project, but what lessons can be learned?

• August 08, 2014 08 Aug'14

  Google to favour secure websites in search rankings

  Google is starting to favour secure websites and is ranking them higher on its search engine

• August 07, 2014 07 Aug'14

  Survey finds 53% of consumers will not use mobile banking

  A report by Intercede has found that 53% of consumers would not use mobile banking services because of concerns about device security

• August 07, 2014 07 Aug'14

  Sacked BBC CTO wins unfair dismissal case

  Former BBC chief technology officer John Linwood has won his case for unfair dismissal against the broadcaster

• August 06, 2014 06 Aug'14

  Paym transactions valued at £6.5m in 100 days

  Mobile transaction service Paym has been responsible for over £6.5 million of transactions in its first 100 days

• August 06, 2014 06 Aug'14

  Startup innovation workspace to pop up in Reading

  A Thames Valley pop-up innovation workspace for tech startups will open its doors in September

• August 06, 2014 06 Aug'14

  Google executive to set up fintech investment fund in London

  Google’s UK's vice president of brand solutions, Dan Cobley, will be leaving the tech giant to start a fintech incubator

• August 06, 2014 06 Aug'14

  Russian hackers steal over a billion usernames and passwords

  A group of Russian cyber criminals have attacked 500 million email addresses and gained 1.2 billion usernames and passwords